Information Technology

Example "VIRUS REMOVED" message

Here's a sample of the email the recipient will receive:

Subject: [VIRUS REMOVED] ^_^ meay-meay!
Looking forward for a response :P
..btw, "88857" is a password for archive
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The following is an automated message from UVM's email gateway:
UVM's email gateway found one or more attachments to this email message
that contained the following virus(es):
W32/Bagle-Zip
The gateway has deleted the attachments.
This notification is being sent to you for informational purposes. To
keep nuisance factors and mail traffic under control, the apparent sender
of the message has NOT been notified. Many viruses use forged "from"
addresses, so the apparent sender's computer may not be the one that is
infected.
UVM Postmaster
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The virus scanner tells the user that the message contained a virus, and that the
offending attachment was deleted. It also tells the user what the virus name was.
Message headers are left intact so that the user can tell where the message came from,
assuming that information has not been forged (as many worms do.)